Heisler Prototype?

[Royce Wilson]

This is the perfect engine for the small time logger.The Heisler was very popular with outfits that laid temporary tracks like some photos I have seen where they just laid track through small stream.A shay geared engine could not do this because the cylinders are mounted too low.They were also capable of faster speeds than a shay so if you need to push a snow plow you could.The Westside Lumber Company used a Heisler to push their snow plow.

Royce

[Skarloey Railway]

Hello,

just to clarify:
We all speak about the vertical part of a "T" Boiler  - not about a vertical boiler of a Welsh loco.

Railexpert      

Well, everyone seems to be saying that the Heisler has a vertical boiler and it doesn't. But as you didn't like a Welsh loco with a vertical boiler, here's an American one instead: http://www.victorianweb.org/cv/models/glanville/locos/2.html
a vertical boiler and a T boiler are completely different designs. What you keep referring to as the "vertical boiler" acts as the steam dome.

Here we are. vertical boiler, Tee boiler and straight boiler all on one page.
http://www.gearedsteam.com/climax/climax.htm

[Royce Wilson]

Now that vertical boiler engine would look nice with our On30.

Royce

[Skarloey Railway]

That I will agree with.

Has to have a 'working' steam engine, though. So much better than a static lump of plastic and metal on an HO diesel chassis.

Even got a nice big 'box' for the decoder and speaker.